Connected & Disconnected Apps with Azure Mobile Apps

PowerPoint Presentation#XamarinDevDaysMaurizio Moriconi@bugman79CTO MobilesoftConnected & Disconnected Apps with Azure Mobile AppsWe Apps!224Mdownloads a day5hours on phone a day90%time onappsThe average app user has 36 apps installed on his or her phone.Only 1/4 are used daily:1/4 of apps are never used!Slow or laggy experienceCrashesNot intuitive & bad user experienceFeatures not as advertisedData not available when you need itBad App ExperiencesAlways connected?http://opensignal.com/coverage-mapshttp://opensignal.com/coverage-mapsWhat about a backend?On average, 5462% of costs are associated with infrastructureHosting solutionsSystem AdministratorDB AdministratorBackupScalingContinuous DeploymentReducing Mobile App Development CostsPlatform As A Service (PAAS)Plenty of OptionsAmazon Web ServicesAzure Mobile AppsIBM MobileFirst Oracle Mobile CloudFirebaseCouchbaseRealm ParseFlexibleEasy Apis/TablesApp Service!C# SDKs available everywhere:C# iOS, Android, & Windows with XamarinC# clients, written by C# developers (open source)C# backend with ASP.NETNode.js for backend!Continuous deployment / integrationWhy Azure?Extremely powerfulYou can do almost anything your backend would ever need to do with Azure. Data storage, authentication/authorization, push notifications, custom APIs, blob storage, etc.FlexibleNeed something lightweight? Azure is there.Need something robust and powerful? Azure is there.C# clientsIm a frontend developer, I care a lot about how easy this makes MY job (selfish)Many C# clients are written by Java developers, etc.Easy to use C# clientAbstracts away much of pain of using a RESTful APIC# FeaturesAsync / Await / TPLUses C# idiomsProperties, Fluent APISeems obvious, but not always true (first class citizen)15 Shared C# codebase 100% native API access High performance iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UIShared C# Mobile C# Server Linux/MonoCoreCLRAzureShared C# Client/ServerXamarin Apps + Backend ServicesWith Xamarin it just isnt your front end in C# it is your full backend server as well. With Azure or even on Linux running Mono or the CoreCLR your app is fully C# end to end!Build 2015 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.11/17/16 9:40 AM16Azure Mobile AppsWindowsAndroidChromeiOS OSXKindle Shared C# codebase 100% native API access High performance iOS C# UI Windows C# UIAndroid C# UIShared C# Mobile C# Server Linux/MonoCoreCLRAzureShared C# Client/ServerMobile + ServerWith Xamarin it just isnt your front end in C# it is your full backend server as well. With Azure or even on Linux running Mono or the CoreCLR your app is fully C# end to end!Build 2015 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.11/17/16 9:40 AM18New template on Visual Studio for MacNode.jsEasy authorization (CRUD based on REST actions)Online Editor! Integrated on Client SDKsEasy APIsWhat if a GetAll should only return favorites for that user.20Great for simple data storageVisual Editor to create tables or create tables based on the apps model!!CRUDSupport Authorization/AuthenticationTrigger events on CRUD (ex. Send a push when an item is added to a table)Easy TablesWhat if a GetAll should only return favorites for that user.21Allow end-users to create and modify data even when there is no network accessSync works across multiple devicesSQLite DatabaseClient SDK available for Xamarin, alternatively use REST APIBackend written in Node.jsOffline SyncWhat if a GetAll should only return favorites for that user.22Rolling your own account infrastructure is difficult and time-consumingSecure your app with prebuilt authentication providersFacebookTwitterGoogleMicrosoftAzure ADAnything OAuth 2AuthenticationWhat if a GetAll should only return favorites for that user.23Easy-to-use, multiplatform scaled push infrastructure that allows you to send push notifications almost anywhere.Push NotificationsSO Hard!Azure makes it easyHuge value in having this integrated with data... you can just say fire a push IF24Sync files to Azure Storage, just like you did for structured data.File Sync25Lets add a backendConnected Services on Visual Studio for MacCreate app from Azure Portal!!!28Lunch!MaurizioMoriconiCTO Mobilesoftmaurizio.moriconi@mobilesoft.it@bugman79 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries. The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.11/17/1629